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It is characters like this who make things miserable for black conservatives who genuinely want to work within the black community as a viable political option.

But here's the best part: I suffer little to no "consequences for my actions" for a couple of notable reasons. Number one, most black people tend to marginalize me because they consider me a traitor to my race – so who cares what they think? And, besides, what are they going to do – accuse me of being a racist towards black people.

And that is the point. He suffers no "consequences" because his social life is based entirely on white people. He neither has nor wants black friends or lovers and probably has little relationship with his family. His "courage" is that of a social climber who has turned his back on his humble origins.

It is precisely because of "black conservatives" like him who are more interested in putting as much distance as possible between themselves and everything black that conservatism has shown absolutely no growth whatsoever over the past two decades in the black community. Not that people like him would ever care.

I disagree. He has probably grown from the role of "victim" which most people of lesser means are happy to adopt, to one of "liberated". I applaud him for his courage to go against the cultural grain. What I also hope is that he also has the fortitude to show others his views with the willingness to endure epithets.

I think black conservatives have met liberal blacks more than half-way and we still get called names. Long ago, I "shook the dust from my sandals" and now, I don't go out of my way to engage liberal blacks to point out their ignorance. And you're right, I don't care. I have a great relationship with my family and relatives, btw, but my social life is based entirely on people who share my interests and my points of view (duh!). It's just a coincidence that they are all white.

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What, exactly, does that mean? It seems to me that you are doing exactly what he said you would do, marginalizing him.

I get nervous every time I hear the words "reaching out" or "work with" this community or that community. Historical experience shows that "reaching out" or "working with" means pandering and abandoning principles to buy a few votes.

It is characters like this who make things miserable for black conservatives who genuinely want to work within the black community as a viable political option.

But what is "community"? White conservatives don't think they have to associate with white liberals and work within that community. To each their own ---I can see why he might just want to forget all liberals and get with his own kind of thinkers. It's good to stay within the community if someone wants --but why be restricted by race to a "community"?

Where I come from any black who doesn't "act black, think black" is going to get more grief from blacks than whites.

When a black moves into a white neighborhood, it's the blacks who say, "They should get back over there where they belong."

Meanwhile, it's the white liberals who tell the black preachers to tell the other blacks how to vote.

I don't know his interactions with his friends or family, but I think he meant he is marginalized by Liberal black people, which most conservative blacks tend to be. I think he can still connect with his "humble" roots in his politically conservative social milieu, while (approporiately) rejecting his liberal peers.